'How I Met Your Mother' future to be resolved soon, says show exec

How I Met Your Mother's Carter Bays has confirmed that the show's future is still uncertain.

It is currently unclear if the CBS sitcom will be picked up for a ninth run, with Bays and co-creator Craig Thomas previously confirming that the show's team are writing the current eighth season "like it's the end".

"I'd like [the fate of the show] to be resolved before the New Year, but I'm not sure," Bays told TV Guide. "It's really difficult not knowing, but we're optimistic and confident that we'll know soon."

Bays described the ongoing uncertainty as a "weird situation" but admitted that the show's creative team would be "happy with either" the eighth or ninth season being the show's last.

"We hope it works out for [season nine] because we love working here and we love this job and we do feel like we have some great stories to tell," he admitted.

"But if this is the last season, we'd be able to say it was a well-told story."

How I Met Your Mother continues on Mondays at 8/7c in the US. In the UK, the series airs on E4.